Mi Familia - The Unsurprised Surprise

Again, we woke up for sahur and had a very simple one. I didn’t talk to hubby. Then we were off to sleep again and woke up for Ikea.

“Sampai hati u tak buat apa-apa pun untuk I…”

“Ada kek, tapi Kak Ngah dah bukak satu kek, takkan nak bukak lagi satu kek…” he replied.

I ran to the fridge and opened it. I, my sis, and my sis in law berebut nak bukak kotak tu! THERE WAS ANOTHER CAKE! Yeay! Hubby did prepare something for me! Cuma my sis dah start dulu semalam. (Luv ya ayang!) So I told him we gonna celebrate it tonite when my family semua dah balik. He smiled.

With happy face, I went to Ikea with the whole familia. My sis and sis in law layan sakan! Penuh satu troli tu sampai my barang kena letak in another trolley. Puas hati dia dapat shopping. Pinggan mangkuk, barang deco dapur, lampu, macam-macam. She told me it was under budget. Good. Nanti takde duit nak raya.

Then it was time to say good bye. I will meet my family again on the second day of Raya, as I will celebrate this Raya as my first year Raya as a wife at my in law’s house.

Lepas bye-bye semua, I said to hubby,

“I nak jeans :D”

“Kat mana?”

“Tu la…”

So we decided to go to Bangsar Shopping Complex (BSC) and guess what, there were no Levi’s or Elle boutiques (sebab memang dah aim dah nak yang mana). Macam dah sangka je BSC takde kedai-kedai tu…haha! So I suggested to hubby to go to Alamanda and we can break fast around that area too.

We went to Levi’s but tau-tau je la, Levi’s skang dengan dulu dah tak sama. Skarang dah mengarut-ngarut design nyer and none I’d interested to, except one pair of old stock yang dah takde size. Dang! Hubby also didn’t seem very satisfied with the new design. So we walked out and saw Guess and Esprit. Guess, memang merepek la design dia kan, patu mahal nak mampos, and Esprit, boleh la.

Esprit we tried. I chose one EDC low rise stretch jeans sized 34 (UK sized 10) and put it on.

“HUH TAK MUAT KE? ARGHHHHH!” I grumbled as I can see all my muffin-top-waist!

“Dik, one size up brape?”

“36 kak”.

And I dragged hubby in to comment on my looks. Pear shaped. My both thighs besar laaaaaaaaaa! I need to work out! Tapi? Tapi? Malasnyeeeeee! Hubby said that’s what happened when you eat and sleep. Zzzzzzz…

I took it and hubby paid it. Thanx luv for the b’day gift yang tah sampai bila bleh pakai tu…hehe! (Btw, I bought his b’day gift in advance, a pair of Esprit pants! Tapi kira dia dah tau la…).

We later drove to Taman Warisan Pertanian at Putrajaya, which hubby suggested earlier. I never heard neither went to this place. Dari depan, cantik! It’s a food court concept, with stalls and sitting places. Ada Sate Samuri, laksa, bihun sup, goreng-goreng, roti john (ya Allah, orang beratur panjang for this roti john! Tatau nape!) and etc.

It was raining but redah jerrr!

Then we went back and I straight away took out my b’day cake and light the candles! Haha! Buat sendri je sebab tak sabar. Hubby managed to snap few pictures then the battery kaput (I hate it when the camera ALWAYS not available during special moments!) Sebagai galang gantinye, my phone la…dapat la snap sepotong dua…(apologize for the quality).

C L O S I N G, C L O S I N G, C L O S I N G….CLOOOOOSINGGGG (macam ‘brader’ Saiful Apek slalu nyanyi tu), kitorang tak makan pun cake tu sebab dah kenyang. Ada lagi dalam fridge. Malam nanti nak makan!

He once told me that I never wrote good things about him and I never praised him.

READ THIS!

AYANG SANGAT BAIK. AYANG SELALU TOLONG I MASAK DAN BASUH BAJU. AYANG JUGA SANGAT PANDAI. AYANG SELALU TOLONG BETULKAN GRAMMAR I DAN CERITA KAT I TENTANG POLITIK. AYANG JUGA MEMAHAMI DAN SUKA BERTOLAK ANSUR. ITULAH SUAMI YANG BAIK. AKHIR KATA, AYANG ADALAH PANDA YANG BULAT DAN COMEL!

Thank you Ayang…I love you…and till we celebrate it again next coming Monday!

Mi Familia - Shopping Spree

We woke up for sahur and ate whatever leftovers from yesterday’s break fast’s foods. We slept back and only my sis woke up to attend her classes.

At home, everyone was doing…nothing! Then I saw my nephew watered the plants! Wah rajin! So we lepak kat depan and started to clean the plant pots, drainage and deco pebbles. Haha! My niece sangatttttt la rajin tolong I! I told her,

“Jangan sampai bukak posa tau, nanti mak marah kat Acu”.

“Dak…Thirah tengah rajin ni Acu…tgk, Thirah tak kisah cuci longkang tak pakai kasut, Thirah budak kampung. Bukan macam Adik (her little bro who watered the plants), dia orang bandar.”

Wah terkejut aku! I will definitely have to give ‘upah’ to her! Abah came out with one amazing solution for my 2 big ugly vases. They were too ugly sebab ditumbuhi unspecified white specimens, who I thought can be moved by cleaning it (dah basuh banyak kali, camtu gak!) or maybe, painted it (last resort ni, kaler itam!). My dad then brought out a bowl of cooking oil, and wiped it on these two vases. Voila! They were damn clean now! I luv my dad!

Then I and hubby, along with my dad and niece, went to Pasar Borong to get fresh fishes for berbuka. My sis wanted me to prepare a black pepper meat with grilled fish but ikan temenung lemak takde. So we had ikan cencaru belah belakang, black pepper meat, and my newly tried recipe, sayur campur padprik. My dad? Sambal tak lupa!

This time, no leftovers! The reason? Masak cukup-cukup sebab malam nanti nak round Jalan Tar!

While hubby on terawih as usual (ok, aku skip), me and the rest went to Jalan TAR. Tak berapa pack like last year, but still, berlaga bahu la nak jalan dalam tu. I tried to look for hubby’s baju melayu, but I seemed to forget which blue my baju raya is. So I passed. My sis bought brooch and table mats, and my dad, tetiba je tak nak baju melayu, nak baju jalan! (Btw, my step mom wasn’t around, she left with her daughter to Seremban and stays there till Raya. This couple (dad and step-mom) always on split-term-basis when it comes to their children, senang nak jalan kot.

With 5-6 drinks, lots of meatballs/sausages and keropok lekor, we went back at 11pm. The kids were already tired and so was my dad (now I can see that he IS old, poor abah).

On the way, I saw the clock hit 12am. Then my phone rang, I got one sms saying,

“Ayang, happy 30th birthday. Luv ya.” It was hubby! Hehe!

My whole family wish me and my sis added one great wish, cepat buat baby! Haha! We arrived at home and my sis started to bring out the cake, for me and her daughter, Athirah. We both blew the candles and ate the cake. I stared at hubby, but he was like usual, nothing special for me I guessed.

Then we off to sleep…and I, only God knows how I feel…

Mi Familia - The 'Mentekedaghah' Day

“Abah ni…tadi abang nak tanya tapi malu, dia suh abah call…dia teringin nak mai, tapi kalau dapat sponsor tol, best jugak…”

“Ha mai mai, takpa, Ina kasi duit.”

That’s my dad, relayed message from my bro on sponsoring his toll fee so that he could join my sis and my dad to KL. Selamba katak je abah aku tu! Haha! I normally don’t really mind to subsidize any of my family if they wish to come to my house, because I rarely go back to my hometown…plus, I do miss them so much and I like it when they are around! It means jalan-jalan and shopping time!

And so my sis and her family (her hubby and their pair of kids), my dad and her wife (ok, my stepmom), and last but not least, my bro and his family (his wife and their 2 heroes) came to break fast at my house. It was originally planned by my sis as she needed to attend her final-degree-class at UPM. Killing two birds with one stone, or drink while diving (sukati aku jek), she actually wanted to shop till drop, and this time, she REALLY did it! Later dude!

They were here on Friday afternoon and we met up at my house, after I bought few dishes for break fast (mahal gile kay blakang opis ni!). And so did my sis. And I just got to know that my step sister and her family (her hubby and their little princess) will join us too!

And guess what? We ended up broke fast on the hall floor, ala-ala kampung gitu (thank god I have ‘seprah’, my late mom punya…btw, each of us have it, tak sangka plak). And believe me, we have like over 20 dishes which at last, ended up in my waste basket! Haha!

But hubby wasn’t there to join us for break fast, only after we cleaned up everything, hubby then arrived from Penang with his full stomach. Hehe!

We just lepak and watch tv sebab perut dah full sangat. As we are fond of political issues, we watched Buletin Utama and started to gossip bout pro and anti-governments (Note: my dad, sis and hubby, stepsis’s hubby, semua gomen k! Haha!) I told my sis that they were so damn lucky as they always get bonus and this time, they will get it for one month! Whereas, private sectors are all biting fingers.

“Orang bagi, kita amik…kalo tak, nanti kat padang masyar kena soal, ha kenapa tak amikkkk duit tu? Haa…tapi kita pangkah la orang lain…”

We laughed it out loud. Then my step-sis’s hubby, who is a patrol police officer, started to unwrap bit by bit on UTK (Unit Tindakan Khas) and C4 (that bomb lah)! Best nih! He even told us that police also jahat! Bukan semua baik punnnn! Haha!

Yes, C4 can only be taken out by ‘orang atasan’s authorization. Yes, Altantuya did die on ‘orang atasan’s hand. And yes, Along Spoon (still remember him?) died because of C4! Perghhh! Oh ya, and yes, police is BUTA IT and taip macam ayam patuk padi! Kahkahkah! No firecrackers to play around. So we lepak in front of my house (yang sunyi sepi disekelilingnya) and laughed at my nephew, who is standard 2, having a girlfriend named Milah (tah la, abah yg kacau dia). And he kept on screaming,

“Mana ada! Mana ada!” sampai satu taman dengar.

It was too humid in my house that made us stay longer outside. Kat luar tu breezy skit. Then we went in and snoozed. Penuh rumah aku!